chapon
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French chappon, from Old French chapon, chiapun, from Vulgar Latin *cappōnem, from Latin cāpō. Compare Catalan capó, English capon, Italian cappone, Occitan capon, Portuguese capão, Spanish capón.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chapon m (plural chapons)
- capon; a castrated cockerel or the meat thereof
- (by extension) any castrated male fowl
- a large crouton served in a lean soup
- garlic bread
Further reading edit
- “chapon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
chapon
- Alternative form of capoun
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
chapon m (plural chapons)